GreenTech’s Green Roof System helps you construct a light weight and efficient green roof system on a wide variety of roofs and structures. Built-in drainage channels allow water to flow through the soil into the open channels and directly to..read more

Green roofs can keep us cool, filter pollutants and even feed us It’s a bright, sunny day, unseasonably hot for late September. Tufts biologist Colin Orians crouches on the roof of Tisch Library, where the temperature is well over 90..read more

Location The location of the green roof plays an important role in the design process. The height of the roof above the ground, its exposure to wind, the roofs orientation to the sun and shading by surrounding buildings during parts..read more

In September 2006, our Middle School faculty and students returned to a newly renovated building with an addition that almost doubled the size of the original 50-year-old building. Since then, the LEED Platinum building has attracted more than 10,000 visitors..read more

This seasons devastating hurricanes may have raised some red flags for property owners who are considering installing a green roof. But the experience of New York City electric utility Con Edison suggests that a well planned green roof is no..read more

Urban Habitat Template Ecologists have been slow to acknowledge urban environments as worthwhile subjects. Urban habitats are often perceived as being too disturbed to generate knowledge about nature (McDonnell et al. 1997 ), and cities have consequently not been incorporated..read more

Living Green Roofs A green, vegetated, or living roof is an innovative stormwater management solution for absorbing water and reducing runoff during light rain events. It also helps reduce the temperature in hot cities on hot days by reducing the..read more